Shoe.



G. P. MITCHELL.

W APPLICATION FILED JULY 13, 1910.

988,01 1 Patented Mar. 28, 1911.

' tcorneys i1 sire GEORGE P. MITCHELL, 01* SHENANDOAH, IOWA.

SHOE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Mar. 28, 1911- Applicationfiled July 13, 1910. Serial No. 571,715.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1,,GEORGE P. MITCHELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Shenandoah, in the county of Page and State of Iowa, haveinvented a new and useful Shoe, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention. relates to shoes.

In the ordinary shoe as now manufactured there is little or noventilation afi'orded, and as a result, the feet become hot andperspire, this being very detrimental to the life of the shoe and hose,and also unhealthful to the wearer thereof.

()ne of the objects of the invention is to provide means for ventilatingtheshoes and keeping the feet cool and free from perspiration.

Another object of the invention is to provide means for closing theventilating openings in wet weather.

With these and other objects in view the invent-ion consists in certainnovel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter morefully described and pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention hasbeen shown.

In said drawings :Figure 1 is a perspective view of a shoe having thepresent invention comb ned therewith. Fig. 2 is a to plan view of thetoe portion of a ventilatec shoe, showing the cover removed. Fig. 3 is asect-ion on the line A-B Fig. 2. Fig. L is a plan view of the cover.Fig. 5 is an enlarged end elevation of the cover. Fig. 6 is a viewsimilar to Fig. 2 and showing a slightly modified form.

Referring to the figures by charactersof reference 1 designates parallelseries of perforations formed in the toe portion 2 of a shoe, for thepurpose of permitting the circulation of air therethrough. ..Formed ateither side of the series of perforations l and adjacent the ends ofsaid series are socket members 3 and 4, such for example, as used upongloves and the like, these members being arranged in that portion of thesole extending laterally from the shoe upper. If preferred, and as shownat 5 and 6 in Fig. 6, corresponding socket members may be secured in thesides of the upper instead of in the sole. Eyelets may be used at 5 and6 for sockets.

As will be seen from the foregoing, the perforations 1 formed in the toeortion of the shoe permit of a free circulation of air through theentire shoe, and, due to the action of the foot when walking, the foul,stale air is forced out and clean fresh air is drawn in through saidopenings, thus affording a perfect ventilation and keeping the foot dryand cool.

In order to prevent the admission of moisture during Wet weather, acover 7 ofleather or the like is provided which is adapted to fitoverand close the openings or perforations l.- The said cover 7 is providedat each end thereof with ball members 8. and 9 (similar to the ballmembers commonly used on gloves), which are adapted to snap into thesocket members 3 and 4 or 5 and 6,

and hold the cover 7 firmly across the toe portion of the shoe and thusclose the openings or perforations 1. With the cover in this position itwill be seen that all moisture is thus prevented from entering the shoethrough the perforations 1'. When not in use on the toe portion of theshoe, this cover may be secured on the inner'face of the top of theshoe, thereby affording a convenient method of carrying said cover, andat the same time having it readily accessible in case of sudden storms,etc. In order that said cover may be so carried there is secured in and9 at both ends of the cover 7 and there-' by support said cover againstthe sides and back of the shoe.

If desired each of the perforations 1 may be lined with an eyelet 12such as used in laced shoes.

It is of course to be understood that various changes may be made in theconstruction and arrangement of the parts Without departing from the sirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention as defined inthe appended claims.

What is claimed is:

A shoe having ventilating openings arranged in a series extending acrossthe toe portion of the shoe, a fastening devicesecurefl k0 each side ofsaidioe portion and In testimony that I claim the foregoing as nd gacemthe serles of .0109 a flexlble my own, I have heretn affixed myslgnature 10 stmp extending from 011a slde to the sther 1n the presenceof two wltnesses,

of the we portion and closing the openings, GEORGE P T E and means uponthe encl perilous of the strip fer engaging the fEKS'tBTQJ B vlces toVVii-nesses: hold the s'nlp sketched ersely 9f the Q lb. F. GLOVES,shoe. 1 E. C. GAGE.

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